PropertyCon

In this first episode of the second season of PropertyCon I speak with Lorna Fox O’Mahony (https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/foxom36509/lorna-fox-o-mahony) and Marc Roark (https://www.sulc.edu/page/marc-l-roark) on the occasion of the publication of their new book Squatting and the State - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/squatting-and-the-state/8D3FC8E3F55E569CA3001BC1BA8FCBDA.

In this episode I speak with Malcolm Combe, senior lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. More information on Malcolm can be found here: https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/combemalcolmmr/ Malcolm and I speak about his research into wrongful-termination of tenancy orders under the 2016 act, but also discuss the wider issues of tenancy protection and property law in Scotland and beyond. In our conversation we try to explore legal characterization of tenancies, as well as their after effects in relation to receiving wrong-termination orders and compensation as well as in relation to returning deposits. The article our conversation is based on is Combe and Robson, “A review of the first wrongful-termination orders made under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016: do they sufficiently protect those misled into giving up a tenancy?” 2021 Jur. Rev. 88. A link to the article van be found at: https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/publications/a-review-of-the-first-wrongful-termination-orders-made-under-the- During our conversation we make mention, inter alia, of the books by Michael Heller and James Salzman, Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control our Lives (https://www.amazon.com/Mine-Hidden-Rules-Ownership-Control/dp/0385544723), Simon Winchester, Land. How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World (https://www.amazon.com/Mine-Hidden-Rules-Ownership-Control/dp/0385544723).

In this episode I speak with Prof. Marc L. Roark of Southern University Law Center about his latest project called ‘American Squatter’ in which he explores the role of identity in property in the United States. Marc and I speak, amongst others, about 'American atom', about Jefferson’s yeoman farmer and the lower Eastside squatters. More information about Marc Roark can be found at https://www.sulc.edu/page/marc-l-roark

This episode I speak with Professor Jessica A. Shoemaker on the difference between US and European property law, about Indian title and about systemic inequality in property law systems. We explore the role of fee simple and/or ownership of land and the way in which this has become unequally distributed over time so that some have accrued vast amounts of wealth, whereas others have (almost) nothing. More information about Jessica Shoemaker can be found at https://law.unl.edu/jessica-shoemaker/ [https://law.unl.edu/jessica-shoemaker/] Please follow PropertyCon at @PropConOnline [http://www.twitter.com/propcononline] on twitter and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode I speak with Benjamin Verheye on his completed PhD research on Land Registration. Since recording Benjamin has successfully defended his PhD thesis at the KU Leuven in Belgium on Tuesday 19 January 2021. In this episode Benjamin and I speak on his findings and his views on land registration in Belgium, France, Germany and England & Wales. More information about Benjamin Verheye can be found here: https://www.law.kuleuven.be/goederenrecht/leden/00085153/view Benjamin's PhD thesis in written in Dutch, but in the podcast he announces his intention to publish his essential findings in English too. Please follow PropertyCon at @PropConOnline [http://www.twitter.com/propcononline] on twitter and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.